Railway vehicle axle mounting



Oct. 21, 1952 J. M. ARCHAMBAULT RAILWAY VEHICLE AXLE MOUNTING Filed April 13, 1946 2 SHEETS.SHEET 1 lllll\\\{' W (ii BY ocdze JEAN MARCEL lagnmsmu ATTORN Oct. 21, 1952 J ARCHAMBAULT 1 2,614,508

RAILWAY VEHICLE AXLE MOUNTING Filed April 13, 1946 ZSHEETS-ySHEET 2 INVENTOR JEAN MOEL AR HAM ULT Patented Oct. 21, i952 Jean Marcel fnrchambault,Asnieres, France plicant giraffe, 1946, Serial No. 661,930 ,pm Frame-augus 19, 194 g 12 Claims. (o1.1o 224 The present invention relates to devices for elastically holding the axles or axle boxes of railway vehicles. Y

One'of the suspension arrangements that are usually employed on railway vehicles includes, as illustrated by Fig. 1, a helical spring I, inter,- posed, between the longitudinal, member. -2- of: the vehicle body or truck and theaxle or axle'.b0x.3.

, .This suspension may. also, :as shown by' Fig.

include two springs such as, 14", located on" either side of theaxle box 3 but stillinterposed between extensions of this axle box andv the longitudinal member 2 of the vehicle body or truck.

Asa rule, these springs are generally insufilcientfor resisting by themselves the action of the driving efforts and of the lateral shocks exerted on the axle and these shocks are comobviates these drawbacks.

Preferred embodiments of my invention will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, given merely by way of example, and in which:

Figs. 1 and 2 are explanatory views showing conventional suspension devices such as used at the present time;

Figs. 3 and 4 are views of axles analogous to those of Figs. 1 and 2 respectively, but provided with a holding device according tomy invention;

Figs. 5 and 6 art part sectional views respectively onthe lines 5-5 of Fig. 4 and 6-6 of Fig. 5; I

Figs. 7 and 8 show modifications of the devices of Figs. 3 and 4 intended to improve the stability of the whole;

Figs. 9 and 10 are two other modifications corresponding respectively to Figs. 7 and 8;

Fig. 11 illustrates the application of the invention to the holding of a body suspension supporting piece on a truck longitudinal member.

In the embodiment of Fig. 3, the upper portion and the lower portion of axle box 3 are provided with tie rods I and 8 fixed thereto. These tie rods are constituted by steel bands rigidly fixed at one of their ends to respective fixation points 9, III of the vehicle frame.

By way of example, each of these tie rods is constituted, as shown by-Figs'z'5 and 6, by a flat steel strip ll, secured, "fo r instance -by"means' of rivets; to a collar I2 mounted ondrivin'g spindle l3 through theintermediary ofa rubber filling I4, kept under pressure ,by 'fbearin'g plates l5. 7 n the position shown by Fig. 3; the vehicle frame 2 is supported by spring" I, interposed be tween said frame and axle box. 3, in a position such that when a normal static load is applied to said frame 2, the flat faces'of springst'rips 1 and'B are "substantially horiaontal.f

This arrangement'permit 's bothof elastically transmitting longitudinal and transvers iforts and of permittingthe necessary vertical displace merits of the axles. 'It does not require any u keep or lubrication and partly absorbs the shocks supported by the wheels.

When there are two suspension springs such as 4 in the embodiment of Fig. 2, the arrange mentmay be that of Fig. 4, on which the same I reference'characters designate the same eleand form of the parts without departing from the ments.

In order to increase the stability of the device. I may make use of the arrangement of Figs. 7 and 8, in which the tie rods are constituted by double bands [6, 11, each fixed in its middle part to the axle box 3 or 5 and respectively secured to spindles l8, l8 and l9, [9' through the intermediary of bushing [4 of a suitable material such as rubber.

In the embodiment of Fig. 9, which shows the application of the invention to the case in which the helical spring I of Figs. 3 and 7 is replaced by a leaf spring 20, the tie rods are secured in the same manner as in the embodiment of Fig. 7.

I may also, as shown by Fig. 10, utilize as tie rod the main leaf 2| of the suspension leaf spring 20.

In the application of Fig. 11, the body of the vehicle (not shown on the drawing) is supported by a piece 22 suspended on the longitudinal member 23 of a truck. According to my invention, this piece is held in position by tie rods 24, 25 themselves fixed, with the interposition of blocks 26,-for instance of rubber, on spindles 2'! rigid with the longitudinal member 23 of the truck.

In a general manner, while I have, in the above description, disclosed what I deem to be practical and emcient embodiments of the present invention, it should be well understood that I do not wish to be limited thereto as there might be changes made in the arrangement, disposition principle of the present invention as compre- L 3 hended within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a railway vehicle including a body, a pair of wheels, an axle carried by said pair of Wheels and spring means for suspending said body on said axle, said spring means comprising at least one main spring interposed between said body and said axle for holding said body in a predetermined position. with respect to said axle when said body is subjected only to the static action of a normalload, at least two flat spring strips having their fiat faces substantially horizontal in said loading conditions, said spring strips having.

each one part thereof rigidly secured to said axle at different levels and extending at right anglesmined position with respect to said axle when said body is subjected only to the static action of a normal load, at least two superposed flat spring strips of equal lengths having their fiat faces substantially horizontal in said loading conditions, said strips having each the intermediate part thereof rigidly secured to said axle and extending at right angles thereto on either side thereof, collars respectivelyjcarried by the ends of said spring strips-in the form of cylindrical surfaces having their generatrices parallel to said axle, spindles parallel to said axle rigid with said body and extending in said collars respectively, and tubular rubber sleeves compressed between said collars and said spindles respectively so as to adhere by their inner surfaces against said spindles and by their outer vertical plane of the axes of said wheels at the said axle rigid with said body and located on theother side of said vertical plane at the level of. the other strip, collars carried bythe ends of saidstrips, in theiorm of cylindrical surfaces having their genei atrices parallel to said axle, saidfcollars surrounding said spindles: respectively and tubular rubber sleeves compressed between said collars and said spindles respectively so. as to adhere'by their inner surfaces against said spindles anclby; their outer surfaces against Said. collars. i

2.. In a railway Ivehicleihcluding a body, a pair of wheels, an axle carried by said pair of, wheels and spring means, for suspending said body on saidlaxl e, said spring means comprising at least onemain spring interposed between said body andsaid'axleifor holding said body, in arpredeterf surfaces against said collars. level of one of said strips, a spindle parallel to JEAN MARCEL ARCHAMBAULT.

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